Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
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"Run? What do you mean?" Sakura whispered breathlessly, her face inches from Kakashi's.
"Sakura, you know as well as I do that no one here will accept the fact that we're together," Kakashi explained, one hand gently stroking the sides of Sakura's face. "There are two options we have- stay here and live in shame, or run away and be free together," Kakashi said.
"But what about my family? What about your job?" Sakura cried. "What about Sasuke and Naruto? Kakashi-" she tried to continue, practically in hysterics, but Kakashi quickly lowered his mask and kissed her on the lips, silencing her cries.
"Do you trust me?" he asked quietly, pulling away, his hands on her shoulders.
"Yes," Sakura whispered, looking down.
"Then just do as I say. Pack a suitcase, and plan for a long trip," he instructed.
"Then what?" Sakura asked.
"I will be back at sundown," he said simply, kissing her quickly on her forehead and disappearing out of the window.
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Kakashi knocked on the Hokage's door. He heard the rustling of papers from within, and sound of a drawer closing.
"Enter," said Tsunade from behind the door. Kakashi stepped in and closed the door behind him. The Hokage glared up at him expectedly. "What do you want?"
"I quit my job as a sensei," Kakashi said, handing the blonde woman a form. She looked flabbergasted as she took them with quivering hands.
"What?" she hissed in confusion.
"I quit. I have decided that teaching is not what I want to do," Kakashi said with a shrug.
"Then what do you plan to do?" Tsunade asked hesitantly.
"That is the main reason I came," Kakashi started. "I have a request to make."
The woman glared up at him.
"I wish to be left alone. As you know, my family owns property on the far outskirts of the village."
"What are you getting at, Hatake?" asked Hokage.
"I'm getting there, Hokage-sama. You also know about my relationship with Haruno Sakura." Hokage became especially rigid as he spoke. "And she and I have had a talk. We have both decided to move into the old house on Himitsu Hill."
"And why are you telling me this?" asked the Hokage.
"I only wish to have us left alone. I'm tired, Hokage-sama. I have enough money of my own to pay bills for many years, so we are going to take what we have and leave. Please grant me this." Kakashi stood there stiffly, waiting for her reply.
"Very well," sighed the Hokage tiredly, wringing her hands. "Permission granted, Hatake. You are dismissed." * * *
Kakashi silently leapt towards Sakura's house as the sun cast its last glow over the earth. He prayed that her mother hadn't gotten in the way or her father hadn't caused more trouble. The jounin carefully perched outside her window, peering in.
Sakura sat on the floor, propped up against her bed. Her head rolled to the side as she slept sweetly. A large suitcase rested beside her, stuffed almost to the point of bursting. He smiled and opened her window, sliding through silently. He quietly slung the suitcase over his shoulder and carried the sleeping girl in his arms carefully. Kakashi exited through the window as silently as he had come, carrying his lover away into the night.
* * *
"Run? What do you mean?" Sakura whispered breathlessly, her face inches from Kakashi's.
"Sakura, you know as well as I do that no one here will accept the fact that we're together," Kakashi explained, one hand gently stroking the sides of Sakura's face. "There are two options we have- stay here and live in shame, or run away and be free together," Kakashi said.
"But what about my family? What about your job?" Sakura cried. "What about Sasuke and Naruto? Kakashi-" she tried to continue, practically in hysterics, but Kakashi quickly lowered his mask and kissed her on the lips, silencing her cries.
"Do you trust me?" he asked quietly, pulling away, his hands on her shoulders.
"Yes," Sakura whispered, looking down.
"Then just do as I say. Pack a suitcase, and plan for a long trip," he instructed.
"Then what?" Sakura asked.
"I will be back at sundown," he said simply, kissing her quickly on her forehead and disappearing out of the window.
* * *
Kakashi knocked on the Hokage's door. He heard the rustling of papers from within, and sound of a drawer closing.
"Enter," said Tsunade from behind the door. Kakashi stepped in and closed the door behind him. The Hokage glared up at him expectedly. "What do you want?"
"I quit my job as a sensei," Kakashi said, handing the blonde woman a form. She looked flabbergasted as she took them with quivering hands.
"What?" she hissed in confusion.
"I quit. I have decided that teaching is not what I want to do," Kakashi said with a shrug.
"Then what do you plan to do?" Tsunade asked hesitantly.
"That is the main reason I came," Kakashi started. "I have a request to make."
The woman glared up at him.
"I wish to be left alone. As you know, my family owns property on the far outskirts of the village."
"What are you getting at, Hatake?" asked Hokage.
"I'm getting there, Hokage-sama. You also know about my relationship with Haruno Sakura." Hokage became especially rigid as he spoke. "And she and I have had a talk. We have both decided to move into the old house on Himitsu Hill."
"And why are you telling me this?" asked the Hokage.
"I only wish to have us left alone. I'm tired, Hokage-sama. I have enough money of my own to pay bills for many years, so we are going to take what we have and leave. Please grant me this." Kakashi stood there stiffly, waiting for her reply.
"Very well," sighed the Hokage tiredly, wringing her hands. "Permission granted, Hatake. You are dismissed." * * *
Kakashi silently leapt towards Sakura's house as the sun cast its last glow over the earth. He prayed that her mother hadn't gotten in the way or her father hadn't caused more trouble. The jounin carefully perched outside her window, peering in.
Sakura sat on the floor, propped up against her bed. Her head rolled to the side as she slept sweetly. A large suitcase rested beside her, stuffed almost to the point of bursting. He smiled and opened her window, sliding through silently. He quietly slung the suitcase over his shoulder and carried the sleeping girl in his arms carefully. Kakashi exited through the window as silently as he had come, carrying his lover away into the night.